Stature-increaser.



w. M. SCHOLL. STATURE INCREASER. APPLlCAflON FILED DEC.6. i913.

Patented Sept. 7,1915.

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WILLIAM M. SGHOLL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STATURE-INCR-EASER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 7, 1915.

Application filed December 6, 1913. Serial No. 805,131;

To all whom 1' t ma 3 concern:

' Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. SCROLL, a citizen of the United States. residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stature-Increasers, of which the follbwing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvementt in height elevators and has for one of its objects to provide an advantageously constructed elevator for insertion in a shoe to lift the heel of the foot materially above the normal heel level of the shoe to increase the apparent height of the wearer and at the same time to give adequate support for the arch of the foot. It is a. common disadvantage of devices employed to increase the apparent height of a wearer that the position of the foot due to their use localizes the strains imposed by the persons weight upon the toes and heels in such fashion as to tend to break down the instep arches and to result inimalformation of the feet.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide means to give apparently increased height and yet afford such effective distribution of the weight as to give greatest comfort to the wearer and least liability to injury of the foot.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. structure embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the construction shown 5 indicates the lifter or heel lifting member proper, composed of cork or other suitable material,

shaped in plan to fit within the heel of the shoe and having its upper surface 6 shaped to receive the wearers heel. The heel elevating member 5 is of such height as to raise the heel a material distance above the normal level of the shoe, so as to give the desired elevation to the wearer.

In conjunction withithe elevating member, I provide a metal plate member 7 having at its front and rear ends bearing portions for coaction with the interior bottom of the shoe and between said bearing portions highly arched to extend up to the level of the heel elevating member 5. The abruptly inclined portioln 8 of the plate in rear of the shank or highest portion thereof is shaped for coaction with the similarly shaped under surface of the elevating member, such coat-ting surfaces being preferably somewhat curved so that the bearing portion 9 of the plate at the lower edge connects smoothly with the elevating member at the under side thereof. Thus the elevatingmember has a large upper surface for support of the heel in elevated position and a relatively small bearing portion. The elevating member is suitably connected to the in lined portion 8 of the plate, as by rivet 10, engaging the plate at its lower end at 11 and at its upper end engaging washer 12 which is suitably seated in the body of the elevating member to leave its upper surface substantially level and smooth.

In front of the highest or shank portion, the plate 7 is shaped longitudinally and transversely for conformity with the overlyinclines downwardly below the highest portion of the elevating member to the level of the shoe adjacent the ball of the foot, to

conform with the plantar arch surface of the foot, with the foot inclined or in tiptoe position. The entire upper surface formed by the elevating member and downwardly inclined plate portion is preferably covered with a piece of leather 15, while the under side of the device is similarly covered with a piece of thin leather 16.

When the lifter is placed in a shoe it fills the space between the rear inclined portion 8 and the rear walls of the shoe, and is held firmly in upright position by contact with a supporting wall upon all sides thereof as well as by the bearing of the plate on the shoe heel. The arch formation of the plate insures strength and provides a bearing point directly beneath the elevating member and a forward bearing point associated with the elevating member through the front inclined plate portion, so that the elevating member and plate may settle somewhat under the weight of the wearer. The device is so arranged that all parts of the foot are properly supported to prevent injury to the arch of the foot incident to its abnormally .the highest portion of the foot at its forward end and support the instep of the \\earer,the highest portion of the plate lying flush with the forward top edge of the heel elevating member, the portion a the rear thereof being inclined abruptly cownwardly and backwardly to underlie the bottom of the heel elevating member.

2. In a device of the character described the combination of a heel elevating member for insertion in the heel of a shoe and an arched plate arranged to support the instep of the wearer, and bearing at its forward end upon the shoe, the highest portion of the plate lying flush with rating member, the portion at the rear of being inclined abruptly downwardly along the forward face of the heel elerating member and rearwardly to Copies of this patent may be obtained for the top of the elefive cents each, by addressing the underlie the bottom of said elevating memher.

3. In a device of the character described the combination of a heel elevating member for insertion in the heel of a shoe, and a plate arranged to span the shank of the shoe and adapted to hear at ea h end upon the shoe and having an archec portion the elevation of which is greater than that of the normal human instep arch, said elevating member being secured upon the upper surface of the plate near the rear end thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. SCROLL. In the presence of- Gee. 'I. MAY, J r., MARY I ALLEN;

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington D. C. 

